Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Public Offices document
Julyan, Penrose Goodchild to Rogers, Frederic 21 January 1864, CO 60:20, no. 636, 49.
Abstract
Public Offices document.
Minutes (2), Enclosures (untranscribed) (1), Other documents (1).
Julyan, on behalf of the Crown Agents, asks if the Colonial Office accepts the bill for £2,000 drawn by the Governor of British Columbia against the
£50,000 Loan of 1863.Rogers minutes to Jadis to
authorize payment of the bill.
Julyan to Rogers (Permanent Under-Secretary)
I have the honor to enclose for the information of the Duke
of Newcastle a copy of a letter from the Colonial Secretary
of British Columbia stating that His Excellency the Governor
had drawn a Bill on the Crown Agents at 30 days sight for the
sum of £2,000 in favor of the Bank of British North America,
on account of the £50,000 Loan of 1863, and I have to request
that you will favor me with the instructions of His Grace as to
the acceptance of the Bill in question. The Balance now standing
to the credit of the Colony is £5,860.
Minutes by CO staff
At once.
FR
22/1
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
Copy, W.A.G. Young, Colonial Secretary, to Crown Agents, 16 November
1863, advising that a further £2,000 had been drawn by the governor.
Other documents included in the file
Rogers to Crown Agents, 23 January 1864, conveying authority
for accepting the bill drawn by the governor.